Description: Mary Lee’s name comes from Chris Fischer’s mother. “My parents have done so much. I was waiting and waiting for a special shark to name after her and this is truly the most historic and legendary fish I have ever been a part of and it set the tone for Cape Cod,“ says Chris.

quote:Mary Lee, a 2-ton great white shark swimming up and down the Eastern Seaboard, is officially back in North Carolina waters.

The shark crossed the Tar Heel State line Wednesday and swam due east before doubling back toward the southeastern coast. As of late Thursday morning, Mary Lee was swimming between Oak Island and Carolina Beach.

It's the shark's second trip into state waters in the last month. During her last northern visit, Mary Lee entered the mouth of the Cape Fear River, then headed back out to sea, darting back and forth before eventually turning southwest.

She made it as far south as Savannah, Ga., before doubling back north, hugging the coastline all the way back to the Cape Fear region.

Mary Lee is just one of dozens of sharks tagged by Ocearch, a nonprofit organization dedicated to data-gathering and research on the biology, health, life history and migratory patterns of sharks.

The fish have tracking devices bolted to their dorsal fins, which register "pings" via a satellite each time they break the surface of the water. Mary Lee was tagged in September, off the coast of Cape Cod, Mass.

Ocearch founder Chris Fischer and his crew – former subjects of History channel's "Shark Wranglers" – said they hoped the attention focused on Mary Lee will help create awareness about the plight of sharks worldwide.

She has attempted to go up our Cape Fear River, already and now she is back. If We were not expecting thunder storms I could see here she is so close. The fishermen all pull in when they know she is so close in.

I suspect she turned around in the cape fear river because there is a military ammo place there that no one is suppose to talk about. And the USS North Carolina- Sonar, radar? If she wondered down the river she would come across plenty of alligators.

These people think all sharks are endangered and global warming made them all go away and die or something.

The sharks are like their babies. Rest assured if one of them ate someone in the sound they would not care. The sharks come first and they are orgasmic that the sharks are feeding so close to shore because they are always saying the ocean is screwed up and all the fish are dead, cause Gore or someone said so.